# COMAR Title 15 — Maryland Department of Agriculture

## Subtitle 14 — Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

### Chapter 07 — Minimum Standards for Mobile Veterinary Clinics

**Authority:** Agriculture Article, §§2-304 and 2-304.1, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: October 6, 1978 (5:20 Md. R. 1501)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective January 26, 1987 (14:2 Md. R. 130)

**Administrative History:** Regulations .02—.04 repealed effective January 26, 1987 (14:2 Md. R. 130)

**Administrative History:** Chapter, Minimum Standards for Mobile Veterinary Clinics or House Call Practices repealed and new Regulations .01—.06 under Minimum Standards for Mobile Veterinary Clinics adopted effective December 2, 1996 (23:24 Md. R. 1684)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .05 amended effective October 15, 2012 (39:20 Md. R. 1308)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .07 adopted effective October 15, 2012 (39:20 Md. R. 1308)

**Administrative History:** Chapter revised effective March 16, 2015 (42:5 Md. R. 487)

#### Regulation .01 Scope.

*COMAR 15.14.07.01*

This chapter applies to any veterinarian who operates a mobile veterinary clinic offering or providing veterinary services for companion animals.

#### Regulation .02 Definitions.

*COMAR 15.14.07.02*

“Mobile veterinary clinic” means a mobile unit in which veterinary services are provided to animals that are treated inside the mobile unit.

#### Regulation .03 Sanitation.

*COMAR 15.14.07.03*

To the extent practicable, a veterinarian who operates a mobile clinic shall comply with the sanitation practices outlined in COMAR 15.14.03.

#### Regulation .04 Care of Medicine.

*COMAR 15.14.07.04*

A veterinarian who operates a mobile clinic shall provide for the refrigeration and proper care of medicine to be used at the mobile clinic.

#### Regulation .05 Care of Equipment.

*COMAR 15.14.07.05*

A veterinarian who operates a mobile clinic shall provide for the proper care of equipment and the proper hygiene of employees. Proper hygiene includes the washing of hands and the sanitizing of examination tables.

#### Regulation .06 Licensing Requirements.

*COMAR 15.14.07.06*

A. A mobile veterinary clinic may not offer or provide veterinary services unless it has a valid hospital license.

B. The owner of more than one mobile veterinary clinic shall obtain a hospital license for each mobile clinic.

C. The licensing fee for a mobile veterinary clinic shall be the same as that required for a veterinary hospital.

D. The licensing requirements set forth in COMAR 15.14.03.01-1 also apply to mobile clinics.

#### Regulation .07 Surgery.

*COMAR 15.14.07.07*

Surgery may not be performed at a mobile clinic unless the minimum standards set forth in COMAR 15.14.03.04 are met.

#### Regulation .08 Oxygen Delivery.

*COMAR 15.14.07.08*

A suitably equipped area shall include a positive pressure oxygen delivery system for small animal patients where medically indicated, regardless of whether surgery is performed in the mobile veterinary clinic.